Posted by Els on 06/16/05 01:31

Blinky the Shark wrote:

> Els wrote:
>> Blinky the Shark wrote:
>
>>> Els wrote:
>>>> Blinky the Shark wrote:
>
>>>>>> Doesn't matter much, as standardly isn't an existing word either. By
>>>>>> Cambridge Dictionary standards.
>
>>>>> Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
>
>>>>> - stan·dard·ly adverb
>>>>> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
>>>> Thanks :-)
>>>> Have bookmarked Merriam-Webster alongside Cambridge now :-)
>
>>> You might want to bookmark the American Heritage Dictionary,
>>> too (also quoted above, before snippage), here:
>
>>> http://www.bartleby.com/61/
>
>>> It pronounces entries via small wav files, if you click the little
>>> speaker icon. (Root word entries only, not derivations or compound
>>> words.)
>
>> And not with all words either.
>> I'm not sure I like that dictionary really - I had to block one popup,
>> deny one cookie, and block 4 ads before I could submit a query. I
>
> Wow. I get none of that. What're you using, IE?

No, Firefox. Cookies set to always ask, so I can deny them, and popups
not blocked, cause I usually don't visit any sites that invoke them.
As for the ads, of course I didn't /have/ to block those, but I hate
blinking stuff in the corner of my eye when I read, so I had to block
one, and then thought I'd better block all - cleaned up the page
nicely ;-)

>> typed in 'standard', and was presented with a long list of standard
>> things, so I just clicked one at random: 'standard deviation'. Led to
>> a page without a sound icon. "next" was 'standard English', which gave
>> a sound icon for 'standard'. I clicked it... American pronounciation!
>
> You expected, perhaps, an Australian pronunciation? :)

No, proper English, you know, like they use in England :P
(only until I read 'American Heritage' though)

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